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Being native Texans born and bred, my cousins, brother and I celebrated Easter traditions with far more enthusiasm than ordinary children — …
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Carolyn Wiley, KP News
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3/27/20
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I was in my junior year in high school in Greece. A shy, awkward teenager, I preferred to remain quiet in class. Even though my Greek forebears had …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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3/27/20
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Running after a deer was not an option I had considered. That day, strolling around my property, admiring my handiwork, I found the deer nonchalantly munching …
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Vicki Husted Biggs
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3/27/20
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If I were to ask you to rate the quality of American healthcare, what rating would you give it? I’m guessing that most of us believe it to be one …
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Rob Vajko
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3/27/20
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I don’t remember what time it was, if I ever knew, but I do remember sitting at the bar holding up a guy I’d never seen before who’d draped his …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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3/1/20
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One never knows when life will give you a gift. Mine arrived at work one day in a chance encounter while doing a blood pressure check. This gift came in the …
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Anne Nesbit
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3/1/20
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It’s near 7 in the morning on Navajo Mountain and the blue light of the sunrise washes over the high desert from Monument Valley. The Naatsis’áán chapter …
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Jeff Minch
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3/1/20
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Goose 1: Nice view up here this morning, especially toward the horizon.
Goose 2: Just reading my Goose-mail, Homo sapiens (H sap) says there’s a “tragedy …
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Rich Gelinas
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3/1/20
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To say that 2021 started out a little rough may be an understatement. It’s hard not to feel overwhelmed by the politics, by the pandemic, by the long road ahead. I think all of us can …
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Anne Nesbit
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1/27/20
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I am settling in with a cup of hot coffee after a walk in the woods with the dogs. There is nothing so invigorating as the feeling that follows …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor, KP News
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1/2/20
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I don’t like talking to strangers. You never know what they’re going to say. I can do it if I have to — it’s part of being a writer, after all …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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1/2/20
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It’s early December. Fall is winding down and winter is waiting in the wings, chomping at the bit. Exhausted, the garden is lying low and catching its …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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1/2/20
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Mary’s 21-year-old son died of a heroin overdose in his dorm room at college during a break between semesters. Three days later he was discovered by a …
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Vicki Husted Biggs
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1/2/20
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Note: Rude, raucous laughter among the seals is transcribed here as: Bark-bark-bark-bark-bark. Seal 1: Hey do you guys smell that? Smells like …
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Rich Gelinas
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1/2/20
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My mum passed away in April last year. My mother was British and a British “mom” is always a “mum.” Mum was just beginning to experience the symptoms of …
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Rob Vajko
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1/2/20
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Sound View Camp, owned and operated by the Presbytery of Olympia, plans to log a number of trees on 60 of its 92 acres.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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12/30/19
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No child enjoys being scolded, especially by a beloved adult, but being personally reprimanded by Santa Claus is a special burden. It was 1966 or ’67. …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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12/6/19
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As 2019 rapidly comes to a close it’s natural to take a few minutes to reflect on the past year. If your year was anything like mine it flew by in what felt …
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Meredith Browand
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12/6/19
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Some words change our lives. “You have a full scholarship.” “The cancer is in remission.” “You will be giving birth to twins.” The words loom in our …
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Phyllis Henry
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12/6/19
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The darkness always surprises me. Our languid days of summer too quickly give way to winter’s darkness and, here on the peninsula, the …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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12/6/19
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